Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky declares mourning day

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared a day of mourning for the 26 victims on board a military plane that crashed last week. The accident took place on September 25 when the plane, a twin-turboprop Antonov-26 belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force, carrying seven crew members and 20 cadets of a military aviation school crashed and burst into flames, the Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said in a news report. The crash took place shortly before landing at the Chuhuyiv airport in Kharkov region, some 400 km east of the capital Kyiv. The toll reached 26 on Saturday after two more bodies were found amidst the debris. One person survived the crash. (IANS)

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